Ke Yang

ke.yang@yale.edu | yangkecoy.wix.com/ke-yang-pictures | (203) 361-8557

Summary

Focused, meticulous landscape architectural and engineering drafter/designer with extensive experience and indepth

technical expertise devising complex construction and mechanical designs. Proven capacity for interacting

with architects and engineers to ensure designs meet client specifications and mapping/building codes.

Professional Experience

TicketNetwork

Web Support Engineer, South Windsor, CT, USA, Sept 2013 – present

• Responding to customer support requests in a friendly and timely fashion

• Updating and editing sites for brokers and partners

• Troubleshooting sites that aren’t functioning as they should

Beijing Bureau of Urban Utilities and Landscaping

Field Technician and GIS/CAD Drafter, Beijing, China, Jan 2009 - Nov 2010

• Digitized hand drawn plans by AutoCAD to create presentable, accurate and timely construction plans

• Revise plans to meet individual specifications and requirements

• Explored and reviewed on-line data, digital survey information, field notes and sketches to extract information

indicated and what approach needed to be taken to create comprehensive plans

• Mapped municipal utilities and public properties with ArcGIS, and analyzed the condition and integrity of

the mapped properties

• Collaborated with municipality, universities, NGOs and companies to develop an inventory and an analytical

report of the condition of the barrier-free facilities in the parks and zoos in Beijing

Aspetuck Land Trust

Berkeley Scolar Researcher, Bridgeport, CT, USA, Sept 2012 - May 2013

• Mapped open space and connectivity opportunities using ArcGIS in Easton, Fairfield, Weston and Westport

• Analyzed the static web maps and provided recommendations for the invasive species removal plan

• Designed infographics for managers to increase community engagement in conservation

Beijing Forestry University

Inventor and industrial designer, National Nature Science Foundation Project, Beijing, China, Mar 2008 - Mar 2011

• Invented the 7 mechanical and electrical patents listed below, and visualized them with AutoCAD, Adobe

Photoshop, 3dMax, Flash and Sketch-up for law offices:

The Bionic Solar Water Heater Collector Panel (200810089226)

The Hydroponics Method for Plant Production (201010623631.0)

The Automatic Watering Control System

The Watering Equipment For Street

The Fallen Leaves Collector

The 3D Flower Stand

The 3D Helical Flower Stand

• Create schematic diagrams for the team

(200810222894)

(201110096644.1)

(201110119470.6)

(201110096600.9)

(201120113784.0)

Ke Yang

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Yale University, Information Technology Services

Instructional Innovative Designer, New Haven, CT, USA, June 2012 - May 2013

• Developed webpage with CSS, HTML, PHP and managed more than 30 Wordpress or Drupal websites

• Designed and edited graphics and photos for various digital teaching resources with Adobe Creative Suite

Research Experience

Greeley Lab

Research Assistant, Yale University

• Performed statistical analysis for the physiological harmful or beneficial effects of single frequency sound on

soybean plants

• Modeled and evaluated the effect of an innovative product named Elix R, a plant growth enhancer, on various

kinds of plants

Publications

• Cumulative and transient effects of audible sounds on the growth and development of soybeans (Dissertation)

• Isolation and expression analysis of a reference gene: ClTUA of Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium, Journal of Beijing

Forestry University, 2012, 34(2): 112-117, ISSN: 1476-8186, CN: 11-5350/TP

• Transcriptome-wide survey and expression analysis of stress-responsive NAC genes in Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium,

Plant Science, 2012, 9: 18-27, ISSN: 0168-9452

Education

• Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Master of Forest Science, 2011-2013

• Beijing Forestry University, School of Landscape Architecture, Bachelor of Agriculture Science, 2007-2011

Skills

• programming: C#, JAVA, Python, Web (HTML, CSS, PHP)

• applications: Adobe Photoshop, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Flash, Maya, Microsoft Office, MySQL, Qlikview, Sketchup,

SQL Server, 3DMax

Honors & Awards

• 2012 - 2013 Berkeley Scholarship: School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

• 2013 Carpenter Sperry Fellowship: School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

• 2009 2nd Place in the Challenge Cup of Science and Technology Innovation Competition, World Expo, China